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| Damage to the brain as a result of external physical force |
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| Spike through frontal lobe, caused emotional changes. |
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| A clot or arterial plaque obstructing blood flow |
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| A localized, blood-filled bulge of a blood vessel |
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| Histologically defined areas of the brain, grouped by similar cell types. Used to refer to the locations in the brain. |
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| restriction in blood supply |
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| A stroke resulting from the blood bleeding into the brain, damaging tissue. |
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| A stroke resulting from restriction of blood flow into the brain. |
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| Transient Ischemic Attack |
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| Mini strokes, same symptoms of a stroke, but temporary |
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| The artery that supplies the lateral cerebral cortex and anterior temporal lobes |
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| The arteries that supply oxygen to the most medial portions of the frontal lobes and superior medial parietal lobes |
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| a rapid loss of brain tissue and function as a result of disruption of the blood supply to the brain |
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| Bleeding, the lost of blood from the circulatory system |
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| A circle of arteries that supply blood to the brain |
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| one of the two arteries that supply the head and neck with oxygenated blood, the artery you take a pulse from on the neck |
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| One of two blood vessels that run up the back of the neck and join at the base of the skull to form the basilar artery |
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| the artery that supplies the pons, cerebellum, posterior cerebrum, and inner ear |
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| CSF-filled cavaities in the brain, four total (left, right, third, and fourth) |
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| The tissue in the ventricles responsible for the creation of CSF |
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| A method to withdraw CSF in a safe, low part of the spinal cord |
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| The bubble-like portions of the arachnoid mater in the superior gap between the hemisphere that are responsible for the removal of CSF from around the brain to be recycled |
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| A developmental disorder in which too much CSF is created, causing head enlargement, developmental problems, changes in eye gaze, and if left untreated, death. It is primarily treated with a shunt to siphon CSF away from the brain into the abdomen. |
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